State government: Unlock 1.0 phase in Assam from today

STAFF REPORTER

GUWAHATI: The Unlock 1.0 phase in Assam is set for further relaxations from Monday when the State government will relax more areas so as return to normalcy, but under certain restrictions that cannot be compromised under any circumstances.

According to an order from the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), the following relaxations will be effective from Monday. The relaxations are:

(i) Reopening of religious places/places of worship for the public subject to gathering of maximum 20 persons per hour. However, if any religious place has only a small area, the management committee of the institution shall downsize the number of attendees accordingly. All religious institutions shall issue disposable paper tokens to regulate the number of visitors per hour and ensure safe disposal of tokens before entering the religious places;

(ii) Hotels, restaurants and other hospitaIity services will function maintaining social distancing with 50 per cent of total capacity at a time; and

(iii) Reopening of shopping malls by maintaining social distancing, to be allowed. 

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